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A few evenings since photographer and
a druggist were carrying on a conversation
in a K-street drug store, when the photog-
rapher said that most any person could
stand unsupported on one foot for thirty
minutes. The druggist laughed at such q
"preposterous idea" The photographer
said Laugh as much as you please, but
l have little girl that can doit." g Bet
you S25 she can't" said the druggist. " Put
up said the artist. The money was put
in the hands of physician and the next
evening designated as the time for the trial.
The photographer was on hand with his
two little girls. Both were anxious to try,
and the druggist assented. After they had
stood thirty eight minutes the druggist said
to the physician :" Pay over the coin, I've
lost" The little girls were given the
money, $25 a piece. and started home
laughing. AS they wentout of the door, one
of them said: Mr.. Spieker, we will bet
you this $50 we can stand on one foot an
hour" The druggist did not'want to make
any more bets. He was thinking what
herbs he could raise in price in order to
ooyar bis loss
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Baseball Yesterday.

Owing to the GOODNESS of the weather,
there was but a small attendance upon the
baseball game at the Park yesterday after
noon, but those who were present saw a
much better game, between the Meagher
and Mclaughlin mines, than they had an
ticipated. The combinations were so nearly
matched in point of ability that the con-
test was close from first to last, and it re-
quired ten innings to settle the question of
superiority, the Meaghers finally winning,
with score of to 3. 1t was great bat
terry game, Hapeman striking out 20, and
Borchers Is. the latter improving in his
pitching as the game progressed. Barry
appeared on the diamond for the first time
in many months. and was warmly well
coined. Anderson, of the Meaghers. made
n fine home-run during the game.
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NOTICE,

IN Mare "PATTIE" belongs TO me, and
that she has been placed by me this day i'll
charge of Worth ODER to be fed, trained, exer-
cised and bred and prepared for sale, ana that
said Ubcr has no interest in or claim to said
marc.
iaia-3ts Y. X. RAYMOND.
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Earned runs-Meaghers, /. Home run-Ander-
son. First base on elrors-Meaghers, 6; Nc
Laughlins L. First base on balls-Meaghers, l:
McLaughlins .. Left ON bases-Meaghers, 4;
MeLaughlins . Struck out-By Hapeman, 20;
Borchers, is. Passed bails-Meagher, s: Me-
Laughlin. l. Umpire. T. Stafford. Scorer
viii Fl. Young. Time, 2:l0.
The game at the Bay yesterday between
the Iouisvilles and the Pioneers was won
by the former, the score standing Is to 6.
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NoTIC1,

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Stallion " JOLLY" belongs TO us, and that
he has been placed by us this day in charge of
Worth ODER to be fed, trained and exercised and
prepared for sale or use. and that said ODER has
no interest in or claim TO said stallion.
Dated Sacramento. January IL, 1857.
iaId-3t% C. KIRBY.
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BARCELONA 0NIoSs.-The latest addition
to or list of produce is imported Spanish
or Barcelona onions, a very choice article
and new in this locality. Two hundred
and fifteen crates arrived yesterday, will be
sold in quantities to suit purchasers. A
Market, 30s. 80 K street, Curtis Bros. &
Co., proprietors.
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MARRIED.

Near SusaHville, January Geo. r. Koehler to
Ella X. Kahler.
susanville, January s-Chas Valentine to Mrs
Shay.
Paradise, January lis. j. Patterson to Rosella
Bates.
Reno. New, January 12-Dr. J. P. Porter to May
L. Cara.
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RUPrJR.E.

HuNpREps os TESTIMONIALS Giving
ri op.s) Come al once. Delays are dam
eerous. II you are not cured by my treatment
it will cost you nothing. DR.. CHAS. W. P0R-
TERFIRLD, 4i71I K street, Sacramento, Cal.
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A Columbus doctor has been sent to an
insane asylum because he believed he lost
his head in game of billiards, and looked
under the table to find it.-Knnsas City
Tines
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Sacramento. January 16-Freddie c., infant son
of C. and Mary L. showers, 8 months. Funeral
private.
Grass Valley, January l2-Henry Boutin, 60
years, 10 months and days
Nevada City. January 10-Mrs. Kate Joyce, a
years and 5 months.
Ynba City, January 15-Gane.t Cruzan, 8
months.
Reno Nevada. January l5-Mrs. Eliza North
Harris n years.
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BORN.
DIED.

Folsom, January 13- Wife of NJ. Paul. daughter.
Butt Valley, Plnmas county, January 4-Wife OF
Chas. Lee a son.
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At Ii:3O A. NJ, for the election of Directors for
the ensuing year, the transaction of such bust
ness as may come before 1t and to consider the
question OF amending the articles of iueorpora-
ton so as to enlarge the powers of said Com
pany so tar as may be necessary ~ enable 1t 10
manufacture and supply ges for Illuminating
and heating, and electricity for lighting and mo-
tive power for machinery. and to buy and sell
coal and other fuel and real estate. Said meet
ing will be held pursuant to the bylaws of the
Company. By order of
J. R. WATSON, President.
Attest C. H CUMMINGS Secretary d2l-td
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Accidents.

Saturday. between 8 and 10 o'clock A. NJ,
a man named George Ingman was walking
along the railroad track on Front street,
going from the bridge toward street, when
he heard locomotive coming behind him.
Looking around, he saw an engine back
ing car down, but they were not upon the
track he was on. He failed to observe,
however. that the tracks came together at a
switch, and while he was moving along,
feeling safe, the car struck his leg, knock
ing him down, and, his pantaloons becom-
ing caught, he was dragged about 20 feet.
When assisted to his feet it was found that
he was suffering from a sprained ankle,
cut skin, and fractured pants.
About 10 P. NJ, Friday, John Culley, a
switchman in the railroad yard, was get
ting down from a moving car, when he
made a misstep and the heel of his boot
was struck by the end of the brake bar,
causing his foot to be doubled up, and cor
siderably hurt, but no bones were broken.
Yesterday, about 3 or A. NJ, George
Matthena, a switchman of the same force,
met with an accident somewhat more seri-
Gus. He was sliding from the end of a
tiat-car as it passed along, but slipped, and
before he could save himself one of his
feet was run over, and two or three toes so
badly injured that it was feared amputa-
ton would be necessary.
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Target Practice,

The following scores were made yesterday
by members of Company G, at the 200
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HENRY OWEN WHITE
Commits Suicide in the City Cemetery
Yesterlay--Hfs Last Letter.

Commits Suicide in the City Cemetery
Yesterday--His Last Letter.
Yesterday, about II O'Clock, visitors to
the City Cemetery were startled by the re-
port of pistol. An investigation soon
disclosed the fact that II. o. White had
taken his life. He was found lying in bis
lot in the Masonic burial ground-a bullet
hole in his forehead from which the blood
was flowing, murderous- looking pistol by
his side. From the nature of the wound
death must have been instantaneous. The
Coroner was Immediately notified, and his
remains removed to the morgue, where
they now lie.
Almost every one in the city knew Harry
White. For years he had sign painting
establishment in the Metropolitan block
he did good work. had o good business,
was genial and we'll liked. During the
time Judge Conger was Police Judge,
White was Clerk of the Court. He was
something of an actor, and connected at
different times with troupes on this coast
and in the East. Some years since he con-
tracted habits of intemperance, to which
can be attributed his poverty in his latter
days, and the cause of the rash act of yes
tiudy. LII onC VI hio PoShOeS WoS iouiiu u
piece of wrapping paper, upon which the
following was written in clerkly hand:
SACRAMENTO CITY, January Is, 1887.
To the Coroner-SIR: l am about to take my
own life. 1t was thrust upon me without my
being asked. l was not asked as to my being
black or white, rich or poor, male or female.
There is none left to mourn for me, so it is with
pleasure say Good morning" My sufferings
are fearful from neuralgia and rheumatism.
Felch will tell you where to bury my poor worm
out body. My best wishes to John T. Griffitts,
Colonel kellogg and others for their many kind
nesses to me. do not want my body taken to
any church. If the Masons will allow it, bury
me from the hall. My trinkets and clothes 1
have disposed of to those wish to have them.
Bury the picture and hair which will be found
round my neck with my body; also my cuff
buttons. This is about all. Farewell,
HARRY OWEN WHITE.
P. S.-Wm. Boyae Aarble-cuter: Please carve
on the monument, with Felch's consent
The inquest will be held at the Coroner's
office this evening. lie was native of In
diana, aged 46 years.
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The Rainfall.

The Rainfall.
The total rainfall on Saturday, according
to the Signal Service reports, says Sergeant
Barwick, was o5 of an inch, making that
amount Of appreciable rainfall for this
month, and along with 03 of an inch of
precipitation from fog on the Sd, makes a
total of .0S of an inch of moisture for the
first half of January, 1887, and total of
3.21 inches for the season to date.
The following dates show the total rain
fall of that part OF each season from Sep
TENDER to the last of December, when it
was abnormally small, and the total for the
season:
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MArHusHEK" Pianos ere the best on
every point. John F. Cooper, agent.
DREssaAkERs and tailors say the" Domes.
ticn is the only machine worth having.
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A KNIFE WoUND.-About 1920 last
night John Grouse and Rudolph Kraker
had disagreement in the Bakers Home
saloon. on Third street, between and X,
and the latter, who is very much larger
than his opponent, put him out of the
place. He returned Immediately, how
ever, and, the difficulty being renewed.
left side. near the floating ribs. Suisse
guently officers Sullivan, Mccormack and
May took both men to the station-house,
where Kraker's injury was attended to by
the City Physician, who inclined to the be-
lief that it was not dangerous. The wound
ed man was allowed go home, but Grouse
is still in custody.
THOUGHT IT AN EARTHoUAKE-Shortl
before l A. NJ. yesterday many people in
Sacramento felt their buildings tremble,
and heard the windows rattle for what
seemed to be several seconds. They as-
sumed at once that it was an earthquake,
but were surprised that there did not ap-
pear TO be any oscillation, but only shak-
ing. Later in the day. when information
>of the terrible powder explosion on a
schooner at San Francisco was received, it
was set down that the earthquake theory
was incorrect. and that the effect of the
explosion had been felt as far as this city.
MEpDLING WITH THE Enthusiastically
night the railroad telegraph Office had nc
Geographic communication beyond Dixor i.
Yesterday morning it was discovered that
during the night some one had attached a
fine wire to the Postal Telegraph Compa-
ny's wire below that town, and, carrying it
across the track, fastened it to the railroad
the way of passing trains. OF course the
connecting of the two wires was the cause
of the annoyance during the night at the
railroad office.
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Buy a tract in the Citrus Colony it is
going like hot cakes. Alsip & Co., agents.
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EMMA ABBOTT and her admirable conf
many of fifty artists will give q short sea-
son of opera, commencing January 24th.
The operas selected are the best of her
repertory: Trovatore, =" Mlkado, Carnl-
val of Venice" and Faust" Emma Alb
bott positively sings at every performance.
sale of season tickets opens this morning
at 10 o'clock, at the Theater.
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ATTORNEYS.AT.LAW.
GROVE L. JOHNSON,

4 TTORNEY-AT-LAW, HAS REMOVED TIC
n 504 street, over L. L. Lewis 4 Co. store.t
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IMPORTED SPANISH oNIoSs.-Arrived by
steamer Yesterday, 215 crates Barcelona or
Spanish onions; something fine and new
to this market. Sacramento Market, sos.
$40 K street, Curtis Bros. d Co., proprietors,
successors to D. DeBernardi & Co.
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NOTICE.

TJlHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF the Capital Gas Company will
be held at the Office of the Company, at the Gas
Works. corner OF T and Front streets, sacra-
mento city, California, on
MONDAY. .JANuARY L. 1881
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ED. M. MARTIN,
DENTISTRY.
q. 81. PIERSON,

nENTIST, 415 J STREET, BE- 6e6A
~ tween Fourth and Fifth, Sacra-E ss<zSSa
mento. Artificial Teeth inserted on NlLsV
Gold VuIcanite and all bases. Nitrous Oxide OF
Laughing Gas sdIc Mustered for painless extrao.
ton Of teeth. In
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S. C. benson. W. H. BEATTY. C. H. oATsAN.
BEATTY, benson & OATMAN,
A TTORNEYs AND COUEeELORs-AT-l4AW.
A Offices: Metropolitan Block, over Metro
poitan Theater, 425 K street, Sacramento, Caltf
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GUTENBERGER b CO.,

CACRAMENTO FOUNDRY, FRONT STREET,
- corner N. Steam Engines, all kinds of Min
ing Ship and Agricultural Machinery, house
Castings, Iron Ratings and Ornamental Work,
Horse Powers and the best Ground Roller. tt
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Ias6. r.. FOSTER 8 CO., 1885.
DOOK BINDERS, PAPER RULERS AND
n Blenk-Book Manufacturers, No. 3l9 street,
between Third and Fourth, Sacramento. sp
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-01-22

SUNRISE.
Fame-hearted lover Of the earth-~reaf ann
Rise from thy purple couch; stretch forth
Through mornings parted curtains: let the
charms
or waiting love-which It were death n ann
Persuade thy clasp. Now hath the ca rib begun
To Loose her robes Of mist: with mock
She yields her beauty. which loves longing
ForesiallinS the embrace thy kiss hath won.
A rise. great god Of light and life, arise:
EnfoId the fond earth in the deathiess GLOW.
ing
or thy fierce love; bend from the shlmmerins
Which burn before thee In thine onward
No cheer have we and not of thy beetowine:
Thou art the Joy Of all hope-lifted eyes.
SUNSET.
within thy burning palace In tho west
Thou art awhile Withdrawn. Yet doth thy
face
Look from the closing portal for a space
Back to the earth, which thy dear love hath
While she wi tears and soft signs half re-
Brholds thee sinking in thy resting g-place,
As With upga'hc hcred folds OF dewy incs
she huas remembrance to her yearning
Thy glory darkcns. and the careful night
hangs out the moons pale lamp while yet
On event g's facc-with thy departing light
Turns from rose-pink to crimson, till tho
Dies With the coming stars. and slumber's
Wraps my warm bride. who waits thy waking
might.
Century.
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Three Men Who Thought.

A young assistant of chemistry in the
Boston Institute of Technology happen
ed some years ago to be in the northern
peninsula OF Michigan. While there he
observed that the Portage river and
Lake Linden were of peculiar coppery
o-lor. and when asked the cause was
told that it was copper that escaped
from the smelling and stamping mills
of the Calumet and Hecla mines. The
young teacher put his thinking-csp
on and then requested the company
to allow him TO experiment with
view to saving this copper. The
company was only too glad to offer IA
cilities. So the young man gave up his
summer vacation and set to work and
was able 10 devise method by which
about 4 per cent of the copper mined
was saved. and almost pure copper.
too. The young professor no longer
earns trifling salary but has acquired
a comfortable income by this summers
laborA
Some years ago q mechanic near
New Haven was riding in a railway
train and was jolted and Jared rs in
the early days Of railway travel passen-
gers were apt TO be. He didn't fret and
fume ~ the other passengers did. but
began to study and experiment with a
view to making = spring that would re-
duce the jolting to minimum. He ut
last succeeded and his spring was
adopted by every railroad in the coun-
try. His name is Carlos French and he
has just been elected to congress from
the New Haven district
There died few days ago in Water
bury . man who began life in the mar
rowsst circumstances. He learned the
trade of machinist, and he gave his
whole soul to his trade. By-and-by he
startled wire manufacturers by produc-
ing = cold-reducing machine by which
wire was drawn cold. SEEING one day,
a woman fretting because she had
pricked her finger with . pin. he was
set to thinking and in week be had
devised the valuable safety-pin. His
name was f. j. Manville. He died .
rich mxn.-N. Y. Sun.
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Why Leo Fought 1t Gettysbure.

In an article in the Century for
December. Gen. Henry j. Hunt who
commanded all the union artillery in
the battle, writes a. follows: ut had
not boon Gen. Lees intention to deliver
q general battle whilst 80 far from his
base unless attacked. but he now found
himself by the mere force Of circum-
stances committed to ono. II II must
take place, the sooner the better. HIS
army was now nearly al on the ground.
and DELAY, whilst It could not improve
his own position. would certainly better
that of his antagonist L0ngstrest In
deed, urged Gen. Leo instead Of attack
ing TO turn Meade's left, and By inter-
posing between him and Washington.
and threatening his communications. -
force him to attack the confederate
army In position; bat Gen. Lee proba-
bly, saw that Meade would b under no
such nscessi ty; would have no great
difficulty in obtaining eupplieA and-
disregarding the clamor from Washing
ton-could play waiting game which
Il would b Impossible for Lee 70 main
tain In the open country. He could not
advance on BaltinnoeU Of Warrington
with Meade In his rear: nor could his
army subsist itself La = hostile region
which would soon swarm with addi.
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ran across one of those men with an
idea the other day. He is middle
aged German and he lives on Wander
bilt avenue. A few years ago he was a
very ordinary fellow, drudging away at
trade, with the prospect Of always be-
ing poor and drudge. That was what
his neighbOrs thought of him. But,
while he was pounding away he emul-
nted the example of the famous COW.
''didn't say much. but kept up a divvil
of thinkin'." One day he got up
from his bench Il think it was bench.
though it might have been a tailor S
table or q butchers block; anyhow, the
plodding German knocked off from his
trade) aud he went out Of the shop with
an idea. His friends noticed no change
in their neighbor. II they noticed him
at all, it was to reflect what hopeless
drudge of a German he was Mean
while. he went right ahead with his
idea.
Then some of his friends discovered
that he did not come back to his bench.
That worried them little. A few weeks
later they observed that he went over
to New York every day and was begin
ming to dress better and spruce up a
bit. That really gave them great deal
OF concern. The next thing they took
note of was that the petty German
tradesman had begun TO build a new
house. Then they were terribly cut up.
Finally the whole thing came out The
Vanderbilt avenue Germans idea was
simple enough, but it has already made
him rich and the money keeps coming
in. His idea originated tine small card
board signs, with variegatcd letters up
on them, seen around the walls of every
popular restaurant The letters look
like letters cut out OF wall paper. At
first they were. Then the German
thought OF an improvement and he tried
making the letters of prettily figured
calico. That gave the little signs great
er durability. and. as he had prepared
a glue especially adapted to sticking on
the letters, it struck him to apply for q
patent
Simple as was the whole thing, he got
his patent. 1t has filled his purse and
lifted him out of the life of drudge.
Not only in every popular restaurant
in Brooklyn are these attractive little
signs to be found. announcing special
ties on the bill of fare each day, and
thus making the demand constant. but
in many bar-rOomA drug stores.
waiting rooms. hotel corridors. offices,
and scores of other places they serve a
diversity Of purposes. From Brooklyn
and New York restaurants the populari-
ty of the variegated card signs extended
to other cities, until now the little signs
are in common use as far east rs Boston
and as far west as Chicago. Remnants
of cloth are used in making the letters,
and the cost is. therefore, very light
the demand has been something tre-
mendous and the plodding German
tradesman of Vanderbilt avenue has
risen to the dignity of solid business
man. with his office in New York, his
family in new house, and prosperity
all around him. BrOOkiun Ea0,e,
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tional enemies His communications
could be cut of. for his recommends
ton to assemble even q small army at
Culpepper to cover them and aid him
had not been complied with.
"A battle was q necessity to Lee, and
. defeat would be more disastrous TO
Meade and less 30 to himself at Gettys-
burg than at any point east of it. With
the defiles Of the South mountain range
close in his rear, which could be easily
held by a small force. q safe retreat
through the Cumberland valley was as
sured, 50 that his army, once through
these passes, would be practically on the
banks of the Potomac. at q point al
ready prepared for crossing. Any posi-
ton east of Gettysburg would deprive
him of these advantages. 1t is more
probable that Gen. Lee was influenced
By cool calculation of this nature than
by hot blood, or that the opening suc-
cess OF a chance battle had thrown him
off his balance. Whatever his reasons,
he decided to accept the gage of battle
offered by Meade, and to attack as soon
~ practicable. Ewell had made ar
rxngements To take possession of Culp's
hill in the early morning, and his
troops were under arms for the purpose
by the time Gen. Meade had finished
the moonlight inspection Of the lines,
when 1t was ascertained BY q reconnoi-
tering party sent out by johnson that
the hill was occupied and the defenders
on the alert; and further. from q cap
turcd dispatch from Gen. Sykes TO Gen.
"a. Al
Hanover road. only four miles of. and
would march at a. m. for Culp's hill.
Johnson thereupon deferred his attack
and awaited Ewell's instructions
'Gen. Lee had. however, during the
night determined to attack the federal
left with Longstreets corps. and now
instructed Ewell. 50 soon as he heard
Longstreet's guns to make diversion in
his favor. to be converted. il opp0rtun-
ity offered, into real attack"